Popular DeFi wallet MetaMask, with 21 million monthly users, was pulled off the Apple App Store for a few hours on Saturday. Although the crypto wallet app has now been restored, there has been no official explanation of the reason behind this incident.
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MetaMask Makes Speedy Return To Apple App Store
On October 14, multiple accounts on the X platform posted that the MetaMask wallet was no longer accessible on the Apple App Store. In addition, these reports also indicated that Apple Users were restricted from downloading the DeFi wallet app from its official website.
Following this development, Taylor Monahan, Lead product manager at MetaMask, quickly took to X, assuring users that the situation was under control. Monahan said:
As far as I can tell it happened a couple hours ago and this was not something we ever expected to happen. Based on the limit info I have its something procedural (?) with the Apple account (not the app itself) and thus should be resolved as soon.
Soon after, a statement came from the DeFi’s wallet official X handle, which stated that its removal from the Apple App Store had no relation to any malicious activity. MetaMask said:
FYI: We’re aware that MetaMask isn’t currently available for download on the App Store. This is and…
